Genocide Awareness Lecture Series
Professor Ervin Staub
Monday, April 2, 2012Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Mabel Brown Room, Young Student Center
Price: Free and open to the Public
Professor Ervin Staub will present his lecture entitled "Resisting Evil, Creating Goodness: The prevention of mass violence, reconciliation, and the development of inclusive caring and active bystandership". Professor Staub is Professor Emeritus and Founding Director of the doctoral program in the Psychology of Peace and Violence at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
His books include The Root of Evil: The Origins of Genocide and Other Group Violence and his latest book, Overcoming Evil: Genocide, Violent Conflict and Terrorism.
Prior to the lecture, we will present the Susan J Herman Award for Leadership in Holocaust and Genocide Awareness. We will hear about "What One Voice Can Do" from each of the 2012 receipents.
